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Given the choice between a guitar and a bass, most will choose the guitar for the glam factor. If you're the lead guitarist, you ge all the chicks, am I right? Hell, I wanted to play guitar for the longest time cause they're just sexy. However, I ultimately chose the bass because I can be in my pick of bands. Everyone needs a new bass player. And drums . . . well I think more people would play them if they weren't such an expensive instrument.

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Originally posted by Captain_Crunch i'm proud to say that i play bass guitar. it is a dying art-form. Now a days everyone wants to play guitar. why? because it is cool?
the bass is the foundations to any band. Does anyone out there play bass or am i the only one?

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Have you ever tried to play bass and melody at the same time. I play classical guitar. mostley bach. i also play blues and death metal, cannibal corpse, deicide stuff. Zake wyild is the greatest electric guitar player in the world, and ANDREAS SEGOVIA is the greatest guitar player in the world.

When playing by yourself for your own enjoyment or for your family and friends, a bass just doesn’t seem to cut it. Nor do drums. A guitar or keyboards are more effective and enjoyable.

When looking for work, guitarists and drummers are a dime a dozen. Bass players on the other hand, especially good ones, are very rare. Most good bass players never have trouble finding steady work.

So if you’re a budding musician and you want to work, make sure you spend a few hundred dollars on a decent bass guitar and learn how to play it properly. It will help to keep Kraft dinner in the house when times are lean.

Do you like Opeth? I truely envy your fusion between genres. Not amny people exist that can transcend the utter differences in music. People always ask me what my favorite type of music is, and I always respond that I listen to every bit of music that I can get my hands on, and I could never choose.

Anyway, thanks for keeping an open mind in music. Segovia is fucking good, although the Romero family kicks out the jams.

I don't think it's completely accurate that no one wants to play bass. I have have a number of friends that play bass. However, a huge number of people play guitar. Have played bass for a few years now and it is definitely my favorite instrument and, unlike many people, I do not find it boring. I love playing bass! Perhaps this is because I have drawn inspiration from such excellent solo bassists as Jaco Pastorius and Stu Hamm. I don't know about the rest of you, but I will never stop playing bass. By the way, Tyler, I used to play the cello and I agree that is is a great istrument.

2 other gentleman and I have started playing music together, and all of us play the guitar. Right now we play without a drummer and bass player. Our music is performable without the use of bass and drums, since all of our songs have different guitar parts. I play Lead guitar on a Classical Guitar, Aaron strums his Acoustic Guitar while he sings, and Drew plays hella good rhythms on an Acoustic Guitar. I move to Electric for blues solos and more Rockier music with a light ~~dist~~. We have been looking for a bassist and drummer for a week. So far it looks like we will be going acoustic for a while. I don’t even know anybody that is learning drums or bass as a beginner.

Originally posted by ILikeSalt Right now, I'm learning the acoustic guitar, but I have really always wantes to play the bass. In a couple of months, when I get enough money, I will shop for a used bass and amp. any suggestions?

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Ibanez make some good starter basses. I dont even know what amp to get because there are so many amps out there.
If you want a proper bass i recommend a Fender.

Originally posted by Mephura I may have missed this, but I didn't see this mentioned in the thread yet.

Yeah, there are some techniques that are used more prevalently on a bass, but learning guitar pretty much means learning bass too.

standard tuning on a 6 string EADGBE
standard tuning on a bass EADG

The notes don't magically move or anything.
Once you learn scales on a 6 string, its a fairly easy transition to bass. You already know how things fit together.

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I completely agree with this statement. I play the guitar and there is nothing that an average bassist can play that I would be unable to learn in a couple of days or even minutes. But the average bassist is unable to play what an average guitarist can play without practicing for months sometimes years. Also I am not talking about bassists that have taken it to extreme levels of performance like Claypool, but just your average bassist.

I personally believe every guitar player should purchase a bass and learn it so they can almost be guaranteed a job in music. Then maybe you can bust out the guitar sometime and show-up the current guitarist. The band just might make you the new lead guitar player and kick the former guitar player to the bass or out on the street.

I am also proud to say that i play bass.......i love the sound and feel privilaged to be one of the few who play it......it is a dying art and needs to be revived. I predict that in a couple of years it will be the most popular instrument played.well, that is what i think at least

Originally posted by Guyute I am also proud to say that i play bass.......i love the sound and feel privilaged to be one of the few who play it......it is a dying art and needs to be revived. I predict that in a couple of years it will be the most popular instrument played.well, that is what i think at least

How the hell does a dying art form become the most popular form in a couple of years?

The bass guitar will never be the most popular instrument. The only way the bass guitar would ever be the most popular instrument is if all of the pop groups eliminate the guitar and use only bass guitars in their songs. Only then will every young newcomer buy a bass instead of a guitar.

Guyute - I Believe, since you play the bass, you would like to think the bass will be the instrument of choice someday. You and I know that will never happen at least in America and Europe. Instead you should state that you "WISH" it would be the most popular instrument not that you actually think it will be the most popular.

I don't mean to sound rude or anti bass guitar but history and music show that bass, especially in classical music, is never the main part nor will ever the main part of a piece of music, unless of course someone composes a bass concerto. I’ve thought about someday composing a bass concerto myself.